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iVina
M80
Duplex Color Mobile Scanner
User's Manual
Aug 2010

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  • Page 1 iVina Duplex Color Mobile Scanner User’s Manual Aug 2010...
  • Page 2 Regulatory model: M80 Trademarks Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM, IBM PC are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. ® ENERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark.
  • Page 3 Consult your point of purchase or service representative  for additional suggestions. CE Warning This product satisfies the Class B limits of EN55022, EN55024 and safety requirements of EN 60950. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...
  • Page 4 Disposal of Waste Equipment This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that the product can not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead it should be sent to appropriate facilities for recovery and recycling in an effort to protect human health and the environment.

  • Page 5: System Requirements

     USB 2.0 Port  CD-Rom drive  Display supporting full color (32 bit) at 800 x 600 * File conversion speeds and OCR performance are linked to CPU speed. The faster the processor, the better the results. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    2.1.2 Connecting to Computer ....2-3 Completing Your First Scan ........3-1 Input Document Specifications ......3-1 Using the BulletScan Manager ......3-1 3.2.1 Loading Paper to the Paper Feed Slot .. 3-2 3.2.2 Loading A Card to the Paper Feed Slot 3-3 Verifying Your Scanner Installation .......
  • Page 7 Care and Maintenance ..........6-1 Cleaning the Scanner Glass ........ 6-1 Troubleshooting ............7-1 Clearing a Paper Jam ........7-1 Frequently Asked Questions ....... 7-1 Technical Service ..........7-2 Specifications ............. 8-1 Index ..................a M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the BulletScan M80 mobile document scanner. With this scanner, you can scan documents directly to PDF and other digital file types, increasing your productivity. Before you install and operate the new scanner, please take a few minutes to read through this manual.

  • Page 11: Scanner Installation

    For best results, install the software from the CD before connecting the M80 to your computer. If you have already connected the M80, but not installed the software, simply disconnect it and start installing from the CD. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 12: Installing The Scanner Driver

    NewSoft Presto! PageManager, and NewSoft Presto! Bizcard Reader.  Advanced Install: Choose for a selective installation.  Documentation: Click to view quick install guide, scanner manual, BulletScan Manager manual and other software manual.  Go Online: Click to go online to the Bulletscan.com website.

  • Page 13: Connecting To Computer

    Continue button to complete the installation. When the Finish dialog is prompted, click the Finish button. Click “View Manual” to view or print the detailed user manual for the scanner and bundled applications respectively. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 15: Completing Your First Scan

    Using the BulletScan Manager To use the BulletScan Manager with the M80, simply insert a document and press the “One Side” or “Two Sides” button on the scanner. This will do a one- sided or two-sided scan using Button 1 on the BulletScan Manager software.

  • Page 16: Loading Paper To The Paper Feed Slot

    3.2.1 Loading Paper to the Paper Feed Slot The scanner is a duplex scanner, which means it can scan both sides of the page at the same time. However, the scanner can only scan one page at a time. When scanning a single sided of the document, insert the document facing up with the top of the page pointing to the paper feed slot.

  • Page 17: Loading A Card To The Paper Feed Slot

    Align the original to the left side of the paper feed slot. Note: This scanner is able to scan plastic ID cards up to 1.25 mm (0.05 inch) thick. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 18: Verifying Your Scanner Installation

    USB cables, verify the shipping lock is disengaged, and restart the scanner and computer. Before you begin, be sure the scanner is on. Select Start>Programs>BulletScan>iVina Capture Tool. If there is nothing in the start menu labeled ―BulletScan‖ you must install the software from the CD.
  • Page 19 Also, if you disable saving, the thumbnail view will be disabled and you’ll only be able to view the last captured image. Click the Setup button ( ) or choose Setup from the File menu to prompt the Scanner Properties dialog box. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...
  • Page 20 Image Selection From the Image Selection Box, choose your desired image type for your scanned image. (Default is Front B&W) If you have a duplex scanner, choose Front and Rear to scan both sides of your document. Click OK to quit the Scanner Properties dialog box. (To learn more details about the Scanner Properties dialog box, please see the subsequent chapter, Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box.)
  • Page 21 12. You can view the scanned image in Fit Page ( ) or Actual Size (100%) button ( ) from the Viewing toolbars at the right side. 13. Click the Close box or Quit from the File menu to exit the Scan Validation Tool. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 22: A Glance Of The Scanner Properties Dialog Box

    A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 1. Tab Options Choice: Image, Compression, Color Dropout, Paper, Options, Settings, Information. 2. Image Choose your image type and the side of Selection Box document you wish to scan. Options vary based on type of scanner. 3.

  • Page 23: Using The Scanner Properties Dialog Box

    Properties Dialog Box The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to configure the scanner’s settings. It consists of several tabbed windows each of which will be described in this chapter. The Scanner Properties dialog box M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 24: Buttons On The Scanner Properties Dialog Box

    Buttons on the Scanner Properties Dialog Box The buttons on the Scanner Properties dialog box Buttons Description Defaults Click the Defaults button, the factory default settings will be shown on each tab. Scan After all the scan settings are satisfactory, click the Scan button to start scanning your document.
  • Page 25 Multifeed Detection：None Unit：Inch Options Rotation Degrees：None Blank Page Removal：None Edge Fill：White，0 mm Image Control Option：None Setting Enable Energy Saver：Enable, 15 minutes after last scan action Show Scanning Progress：Yes Show Warning Message：Yes Save Settings after Closing：Yes M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 26: The Image Tab

    The Image Tab The Image tab allows you to choose the front side and (or) the rear side of your document, the type of image, and to set several basic scan settings. Note that except for the resolution, you can set individual scan settings for the front side and the rear side.

  • Page 27: The Image Selection Box

    Front Color and Rear Color at the same time. Example 1：Scanning a two-sided color document, both sides in color Side/Image Front Rear Selection M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...
  • Page 28 Example 2：Scanning a two-sided color document, one in B&W(Drop Blue Color：Threshold：10, Background：79), the other in color Side/Image Selection Rear Front Image Type Description Color Choose Color if you wish to scan a color image for your original in color. Gray Choose Gray image if your original contains actual shades of gray.
  • Page 29 B&W. The value ranges from 1 to 30. The default is 20. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 30: Other Image Options

    4.2.2 Other Image Options This is the process of converting a Binarization grayscale or color image to a bi-tonal or Black and White image. There are several different methods of performing this conversion. Options: Dynamic Threshold, Fixed Processing, Halftone 1~5, Error Diffusion. Dynamic Threshold: Selecting Dynamic Threshold allows the scanner to dynamically evaluate each document...
  • Page 31 Halftone 2, Halftone 3, Halftone 4, Halftone 5. Error Diffusion: Error Diffusion is a type of Halftone. Error Diffusion is a compromise between giving good image texture and makes text in images more readable than Halftone. Halftone Image M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...
  • Page 32 Error Diffusion Image 4-10...
  • Page 33 Adjust the threshold setting by dragging the Threshold sliding bar to the left or right to achieve the desired threshold setting. 200 dpi, 200 dpi, Threshold:80, Threshold:170, Brightness: 0 Brightness: 0 M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-11...
  • Page 34 Gray Document Type: Normal, Photo, Document Three options for document type are provided when you choose Gray as the color depth for your scanned document. Choice: Normal, Photo, Document.  Document: Choose Document if your original contains pure text or a mixture of text and graphic since it is an optimal setting for regular business document.
  • Page 35 Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-13...
  • Page 36 Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an Brightness image. The higher the value, the brighter the image. Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the brightness. The range is from –100 to +100. Adjusts the range between the darkest and Contrast the lightest shades in the image.
  • Page 37 […] next to the drop down list and enter your desired value, pressing the Add button to include it in the drop down list. Resolution: 75 dpi Resolution: 150 dpi M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-15...
  • Page 38 Invert Reverses the brightness and the colors in the image. The default setting is Black on a White background. Reverse mode is White on a Black background. For color images, each pixel will be changed into its complementary color if it is Inverted.
  • Page 39 When you select Merge Two Sides into One Image, the Cropping or Multi-feed function will be disabled. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-17...

  • Page 40: Scanning Color Images

    Color The purpose of Color Matching is getting the Matching accurate color. This option uses the default parameters (ICC profile) to adjust the colors of the image. Normal After Color Matching 4.2.3 Scanning color images The following options are available for scanning color images. Brightness ...

  • Page 41: Scanning Grayscale Images

     4.2.5 Scanning B&W images The following options are available for scanning B&W images. Binarization (Dynamic Threshold)  Resolution  Invert  Binarization (Fix Processing)  Threshold  Brightness  Resolution  Invert  M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-19...

  • Page 42: Editing Profiles

    4.2.6 Editing Profiles The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to change and save your frequently used scan settings into a profile. You can edit these profiles by renaming or deleting them. To add a new profile, Customize your settings. (For example, change your resolution, image type, cropping method, scan size, or other scan settings.) Click the Image tab and then choose ―Profiles‖...
  • Page 43 Choose the profile you want to delete from the dropdown list box. Click ―Delete‖. A Confirm message ―Are you sure you want to delete this profile?‖ is prompted. Choose ―Yes‖ to delete or ―Cancel‖ to quit. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-21...
  • Page 44 To rename a profile, From the Image tab dialog box, click ―Profiles‖ to prompt the Edit Your Profile dialog box. Choose the profile you want to rename from the dropdown list box and then click the Rename button. Enter new name for the profile. Choose ―Save‖...

  • Page 45: The Compression Tab

    .jpg has normally been compressed using this standard. For scanning color or gray images, the following compressions are available: None  JPEG  For scanning B&W images, the following compressions are available: None   M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-23...
  • Page 46 The Compression tab dialog box 4-24...

  • Page 47: The Color Dropout Tab

    Specified range: 1 ~ 100 The large the numeric value, the wider the color dropout range Note that this function is only for outputting black & white or gray images. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-25...
  • Page 48 The Color Dropout dialog box 4-26...

  • Page 49: Other Color Dropout Options

    Adjust the value for both the Filter Threshold and Background Level to produce the best optimal result. Example, slightly adjusting the background value makes your text more clear. Original M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-27...
  • Page 50 Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background: Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background Level: 210 4-28...

  • Page 51: The Paper Tab

    The Paper Tab The Paper tab allows you to define values relating to image output (i.e., Auto Crop or not, Scan Area, OverScan). The Paper tab dialog box M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-29...

  • Page 52: Cropping

    4.5.1 Cropping Cropping allows you to capture a portion of the document being scanned. Choice: Automatic, Fixed to Transport, EOP (End of Page) Detection. Options Description Automatic Automatic adjusts the cropping window according to different document sizes. Use this option for batches of mixed-sized documents.
  • Page 53  feeding based upon document size selected. — move the scan area by click the arrow key on the  cross sign while retain the scan size. View the result from the Display window. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-31...

  • Page 54: Other Paper Selection

    4.5.2 Other Paper Selection Deskew Use this option to automatically deskew (straighten) a document. Note: If the skew angle is too great, some of the image may be cut off. Scan Area Choose your desired paper size with the drop-down list box. Or you may select a custom paper size by clicking the Scan Area box and then click Add to include in the choice.

  • Page 55: Transport Timeout

    The default is 0. The value ranges from 0 to 30 seconds. Note: Within the specified timeout period, if you load your document to the feeder, the scanner resumes scanning automatically. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-33...

  • Page 56: Multimode Cropping

    4.5.3 Multimode cropping This feature provides flexibility if you are performing a scan that outputs in a more than one mode (B&W, Gray, or Color); you can assign different crop areas on your documents for each color mode. For example, there are applications which require you to store the entire form in B&W and a part of the document in color to save storage space.
  • Page 57 A cross sign will appear as illustrated. Create your relative scan size diagonally by dragging the left mouse button to your preferable size. The selected area will appear in a red box as illustrated. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-35...
  • Page 58 A Cross Sign Relative Area Check the B&W image from the Image Selection box to scan the entire document. Click the Scan button to start scanning the document in two image types and sizes. (See the result in below.) The entire document in B&W The relative area in color 4-36...

  • Page 59: The Preview Tab

    Then, a red rectangle box will appear to indicate the selected area. Note: If you choose ―Automatic Cropping‖ on the ―Paper Tab‖, then selecting a scan area on the Preview tab is disabled. The Display Window The Preview Tab M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-37...

  • Page 60: The Options Tab

    The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings. The Option tab dialog box 4-38...
  • Page 61 Choice: Book, Fanfold. If ―Book‖ is selected, the image of the reverse side will not be rotated. The following illustration shows the documents which should be viewed in portrait are fed into the scanner in landscape M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-39...
  • Page 62 Rotate Image Choose the rotation angle from the drop down list if you wish to rotate your scanned image. Choice: None, 90°CW(clockwise), 90°CCW(counter clockwise), 180°, Auto based on contents, Auto rotate every even page. Rotate 90°CW Original Rotate 90°CCW Rotate 180° Auto based on contents: When Auto based on contents is selected, images can be rotated to their proper...
  • Page 63 Check White or Black if you wish to add white or black edge on the border of your scanned image. Enter the value from 0 to 5 mm. Default value is 0. Original Edge Fill: 5mm (Black) M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-41...
  • Page 64 Image Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the right Control and left side of your image. Option Original The Mirror Effect 4-42...
  • Page 65 The higher the number, the more speckles will be removed. Before Despeckle (noise number:0, noise radius:1) After Despeckle (noise number:22, noise radius:10) Note:  The function is only for Black and White images. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-43...
  • Page 66 Background This option allows you to set your scan Setting background. Choice: White Background, Black Background. White Background Black Background 4-44...

  • Page 67: The Setting Tab

    The range is from 1 to 240 minutes. The default is 15 minutes. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-45...
  • Page 68 Cache Mode: None, Page Number, Memory Size. This option allows you to assign a specified memory size from the available RAM to process the image data. By specifying a smaller memory size, you can free more memory for other applications you are running.
  • Page 69 Save Settings Check to save your scanner properties after Closing settings after leaving the dialog box. Next time when you open the Scanner Properties dialog box, the previously saved settings will be shown. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010 4-47...

  • Page 70: The Information Tab

    The Information tab dialog box The “Report” button： If you encounter any error message while using the scanner, click the Report button. A report.txt file (C:\M80) will be generated. Please send this file to the technical support agent for trouble shooting.

  • Page 71: Using The Buttons

    Easy Installation mode, and is selected by default when choosing the Advanced Installation mode. The BulletScan Manager provides you with an easy way to scan your document and then link the scanned image to your designated software application. All this can be done by a simple touch of the button on the scanner.

  • Page 73: Care And Maintenance

    Take care not to tear the cleaning cloth. Remove the cleaning cloth and unfold it. Place the unfolded cloth into the paper feed slot. Press the Scan button to feed the cloth through the scanner. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...
  • Page 74 Caution: Wait two minutes for the components to dry before proceeding to the next step. Place one sheet of paper in the scanner. Scan and view the results. If streaks still appear, repeat steps 3 through 5. The cleaning cloth can be cycled through the scanner up to five times within 30 minutes.

  • Page 75: Troubleshooting

    Question: The scanner works well except for the line art, the lines of which seem much thicker than the original. Answer: Increase the Brightness or adjust the Threshold setting to adjust the line art image. M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 76: Technical Service

     Hardware configuration (e.g., your host CPU type, RAM size, free disk space, display card, interface card);  The name and version of your scanning software application;  The version of your scanner driver. Find us online at: www.bulletscan.com...

  • Page 77: Specifications

    Up to 1.25 mm (0.05 inch) Interface High Speed USB 2.0 Power 5Vdc, 500mA Power Consumption < 2.5 watts (operation) Operation Temperature 10~35°C Dimension (WxDxH) 290 x 75 x 52mm (11.4 x 3x2 inch) Weight 0.674 kg (1.5 lbs) M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...

  • Page 79: Index

    7-1 cleaning cloth, 7-1 4-23 clear a paper jam, 8-1 Gray, , 4-12 Color, Color Dropout Ｉ Remove Red, Remove Green, Remove Blue, 4-16 4-25 Invert, Custom, 4-18 Color Matching, 4-14 Contrast, Cropping M80 Manual V.3 Aug 2010...
  • Page 80 Ｊ Ｒ 4-23 Resolution, 4-15 JPEG, 4-40 Rotate Image, Ｍ Ｓ 4-42 Mirror, 4-32 Scan Area, Ｏ Ｔ 4-33 OverScan, Transport Timeout, 4-33...

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